About Wynant Gerritse Van Der Poel

Birth: in Gorcum,S. Holland

Note: Came to America in 1647. In 1674 he bought of Geertruy Pieterse wid. of the late Abraham Vosburgh half a sawmill on the east bank of the Hudson opposite Capt. Philip Schuyler's bouwery, on the creek on the south side of Jeronimus Ebbingh's bouwery; since this time the creek has been called Wynant's kill. W.G. Van Der Poel, "late of Albany now of New York," made his will Feb. 29, 1695, proved April 17, 1702, in which he spoke of his wife Tryntje Melgers, licensed vroedvrouw of Albany, eldest son Melgert, and son-in-law Willem Van Den Bergh, who was named his executor. He was decased in 1699.